It sounds like a lot of local buildings were similarly vandalised, so the mosque may not have been attacked for racial/religious reasons. Not that that would make those attending that mosque feel any better of course.

I hope that the police take a restorative justice approach and make the offender meet the people from the mosque to see what this attack means to them, even if it meant little to the offender.
Posted by
span
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7/31/2006 08:18:00 PM

I haven't seen any evidence of muslims being 'ashamed' to be muslims because of their murders and many other disgusting atrocities, not just against non-muslims but their own people especially the women and girls. Now if New Zealanders were performing FMG that would be something to really be ashamed of.

If all the muslims were doing to others was a bit of property vandalism things wouldn’t be so bad would they.

The local Maori kids used to regularly graffiti my front wall and steal anything I left outside (I am white and I moved) did they did it because I was white – who knows but other blacks I knew said that was the reason so perhaps racial hatred is what NZ is about.
Posted by
Anonymous
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7/31/2006 09:18:00 PM

What have you got to be ashamed about? If you're ashamed about the actions of other people in New Zealand like this, then you also should be ashamed of everyone who bashes their kids.

I think its nice that the Nazis and Israelis are now friends, they have so much in common these days.

On days like these, should we debate spray painting swastikas on a Mosque? How about a synagogue?
Posted by
Anonymous
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8/01/2006 07:51:00 AM

and equally ashamed about the degradation of the Chch synagogue...? apparently not. what a surprise.
Posted by
sid
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8/01/2006 06:23:00 PM

From anonymous:

"The local Maori kids used to regularly graffiti my front wall and steal anything I left outside (I am white and I moved) did they did it because I was white – who knows but other blacks I knew said that was the reason so perhaps racial hatred is what NZ is about."